Once at a particular level, things are intuitive. With only 5 buttons, the key seems to be studying how to move between the levels of menus. Then later I’ll explore the rest of the capabilities. (The Suunto app calls for 12 or later.) So at this point I am NOT using any app for the watch, the goal being to learn to use everything on it that does not require connectivity. We have the app on my husband’s iPad Mini for now because my iPad Air 2 is running on iOS 11.x.x and I don’t know if 12.4.8 would crash it. It will work without a phone or any apps, though customizing displays will mean using the free app. I just received the Suunto Traverse Alpha (Stealth variation) yesterday and began fiddling with it. Split the money you were going to spend on the new GPS with the OSMAnd developers and openstreetmap. In a month or so, the fixes will be available in a new offline map. If you find details wrong with the offline map, go to openstreetmap dot org and fix them. It can take longer to “lock” without network, after you let the device sleep, but it does work. This will save battery, but you should still get GPS. When you’re out, if you don’t have cell signal or don’t want calls, after you have good GPS fix and location in OSMAnd+, turn on Airplane mode, or at least turn off WiFi and Cell data. It may take a little while to learn to use it, but it’s worth it. It has boat navigation mode on creeks and rivers. Using OSMAnd+, download and use the offline map, Hillshade, Slope, and Contour lines (and wikipedia) for your area, assuming you have enough storage. Use that to install OSMAnd+ navigation app. That’s probably asking a lot, but even with standard Android, go download and install F-Droid app. Without all the extra bloatware, Android uses a LOT less battery, so install LineageOS without Google “services” if you can.
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